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184 years ago · 1842
“In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th of June last, upon the subject of claims of citizens of the United States against the Government of the…”
— John Tyler
171 years ago · 1855
“You ought rather to appreciate how much the great body of the Northern people do crucify their feelings in order to maintain their loyalty to the Constitution and the Union.”
— Abraham Lincoln